{"id":12419,"date":"2017-10-08T08:20:34","date_gmt":"2017-10-08T13:20:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/?p=12419"},"modified":"2017-10-08T08:20:34","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T13:20:34","slug":"photos-of-the-day-autumn-porch-portraits-that-felt-like-summer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2017\/10\/08\/photos-of-the-day-autumn-porch-portraits-that-felt-like-summer\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos of the day: Autumn porch portraits that felt like summer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"drop_cap\">W<\/span>hen K and her family dropped by the porch for family portraits last year, it was so unseasonably cold that we wrapped the girls in my blankets originally intended for sitting on and then we couldn&#8217;t convince them to put the blankets down. When they came back this year, it was strangely summer-like for an autumn afternoon. Lucky for me, they were adorable either way!<\/p>\n<p>Two sisters, just a hint of sass. And those matching boots &#8211; be still my heart!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/37569802261\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"Family photograph of two sisters, Ottawa family photography\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4493\/37569802261_e805e6c0c0_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"428\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Ottawa family photographer Danielle Donders takes fun family portraits\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I probably should have forecasted that the apples would be all over the porch by the end of the portrait session. Maximum cuteness though!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/37569803181\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Candid photography of a child with apples\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4459\/37569803181_7e92b8e415_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"428\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Fun Ottawa family photography\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I often get families asking for advice on how to dress for family portraits. I think this family nailed it. Three of four of them are in solid colours, and each of those colours picks up on a tone in the pattern in the littlest girl&#8217;s dress. The colours harmonize beautifully without being matchy-matchy, and the styles are complementary. The outfits were selected with everyone&#8217;s style in mind, and the family is dressed cohesively. Everyone looks relaxed and comfortable. <\/p>\n<p><a data-flickr-embed=\"true\"  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/37569803571\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Ottawa family photography\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4487\/37569803571_312b5c031f_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Beautiful family portraits by Ottawa photographer Danielle Donders\"><\/a><script async src=\"\/\/embedr.flickr.com\/assets\/client-code.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s possible that there was some tickle action going on.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/37569804111\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Fun Ottawa family photography\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4454\/37569804111_3efd296df0_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"640\" alt=\"Laughing children during a family photography session in Ottawa\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The key to a successful family photography session is knowing when to quit. It&#8217;s possible that I might have gone one shot too far here!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/postcardsfromthemothership\/37569802571\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"Apple girls on the porch-6\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/farm5.staticflickr.com\/4477\/37569802571_00cab80fc3_z.jpg\" class=\"frame aligncenter\" width=\"640\" height=\"428\" alt=\"Apple girls on the porch-6\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But those faces! That&#8217;s a real moment, right there. That&#8217;s four people occupying different places on the &#8220;are we done yet?&#8221; spectrum.<\/p>\n<p>Family photography doesn&#8217;t have to be stiff and torturous. <a href=\"http:\/\/danigirl.ca\/photo\/contact\" rel=\"noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Get in touch <\/a>and let&#8217;s have some fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When K and her family dropped by the porch for family portraits last year, it was so unseasonably cold that we wrapped the girls in my blankets originally intended for sitting on and then we couldn&#8217;t convince them to put the blankets down. When they came back this year, it was strangely summer-like for an &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/2017\/10\/08\/photos-of-the-day-autumn-porch-portraits-that-felt-like-summer\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Photos of the day: Autumn porch portraits that felt like summer&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[97,75],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-12419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mothership-photography","category-project-365"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12419"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":12422,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12419\/revisions\/12422"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/danigirl.ca\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}